I decided on cleaning my laptop fans today, which I’ve been procrastinating for about a year now because of this one screw. But I just can’t seem to open this with my screwdriver, since whatever I did back when I last opened it it’s nearly circular now. Is there a way to unscrew this?
Drill in it, put fitting torx in hole, unscrew.
That usually works, however you need too much force to press the torx bit into the hole to do that on sensitive electronics. That screw is probably only threaded into plastic.
Looks like it sticks out a bit. Cut a slot in it and use a flathead.
Looks like sheet metal to me.
edit: right, laptop.